Abstract
THIS enumeration of the plants of Essex county embraces, besides the Phanerogams, the Vascular Cryptogams, and the algæ (marine) and lichens among the Thallophytes. Essex County would seem to be an attractive field to the botanist. Besides open country, deep woods and numerous swamps, the Merrimac furnishes a fine fertile valley. The freshwater ponds, over fifty in number, are from four to four hundred acres in extent, and are rich in water-plants. A sub-alpine flora is to be met with, while a long sea-coast affords suitable dwelling-places for a large number of plants peculiar to such quarters. To this well compiled flora an interesting series of sketches of the lives of some of the early botanists of the district—Cutler, Osgood, Oakes, Pickering—is attached.
The Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts.
By John Robinson. (Salem, 1881.)
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The Flora of Essex County, Massachusetts . Nature 27, 173 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027173b0
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